Another Pig Post?!?

I can’t resist.  Those dang little piggies are too cute.  Well, if covered in mud, snorting, squealing, stepping in their food bowls and fighting for treats is cute, then they are the ultimate in cuteness.  

Yesterday we moved them to their new forest home and I”m sure the neighbors thought we were executing a small army.  I have never heard such piercing screams!  Those little buggers can not be ignored!  

They are thrilled about the mud hole they created within 20 minutes of being in their new home.  I mean THRILLED.  I sort of thought that pigs rolled in mud because they had messy pens and had no option but to be dirty.  Nope.  They love to make mud and then stick their faces in it and roll all over.  I liken it to how I would be with a bathtub of dark chocolates and 100 dollar bills. It seems they also love poison oak, chard, carrots, parsley and about anything you throw their way from the garden.  

I have to remind myself why we have pigs.  We like to eat them.  We actually love to eat them.  Just like dairy and beef were when we brought on cows, and eggs and poultry were when we brought chickens to our farm, pork is getting a new pondering.  Proscuitto, salami, pork chops, bacon - you all were once a cute little squealer.  I know that I will be careful to offer a healthy and happy life to our little guys and someday they will in turn nourish my family.  I’m already thankful for what you've given so far, Captain Underpants and Nosy.

~Janell